Sandbach United Football Club CIO

Analysis

Sandbach United Football Club CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Sandbach United Football Club CIO reported income of £724k and spending of £714k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2023 to June 2025, income grew from £529k to £724k (+37%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sandbach United Football Club CIO sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Buckinghamshire Scout Council (£722k), NFL Foundation UK (£725k) and The Cirdan Sailing Trust (Incorporating the Faramir Trust) Limited (£719k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 56%, charitable activities 33% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Charitable activities took 56% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £219k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.